Collocations

Bimbel UMPTKIN
Sunday, May 02,
2020
“Please open your book to
page 21”
—SOMEONE FAMOUS
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What is collocation?
Here are the things you should know about collocations
The Definition of Collocation

Collocation adalah “a pair or group of

words that are habitually juxtaposed” atau
dua atau lebih kata-kata yang sering
digunakan bersama untuk membentuk
satu kesatuan makna. 
Examples

Powerful Engine VS Strong Engine

Heavy Traffic Fast car

Hard Traffic Quick car
The point is…

Collocation adalah sekumpulan kata yang

biasa digunakan bersamaan. Jika diganti
dengan kata yang lain, meskipun maknanya
tetap sama, namun akan terdengar asing di
telinga native speaker.

Kunci untuk menguasai collocations

adalah sering membaca dan
mendengar penggunaannya dalam
keseharian.
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The most common collocations
in English
 Example of Collocations

Ada beberapa jenis collocations yang

sering dan paling umum digunakan
dalam bahasa Inggris.
Beberapa di antaranya adalah: do,
make, get, give, have dan yang lainnya.
Example of Collocations

Do Have Make Get Give

Do nothing x create Have a bath Make a Get a job Give a call

Have drink Give a choice
nothing Have a good difference Get a shock Give a hug
Do your best Make a mistake Get divorced
time Give a damn
Do your hair Make a noise Get drunk
Do the shopping Have a haircut Make money Get married Give a hand
Do someone a Have lunch Make room Get lost Give a kiss
favor Have sympathy Make x create Get nowhere Give a chance
Have a Give hope
Do the housework problem trouble Get angry Give an
Do your homework Have a holiday Make a mess Get home example
Do the washing up Make an effort Get frightened
Have a rest
Example of Collocations Can you do me a
favor?
Contoh-contoh collocations tadi, sebagian
besar mengambil dasar dari kata kerja,
contohnya do me a favor, sehingga berfungsi
layaknya kata kerja.
Sure

Namun, dalam kenyataannya, collocations

dapat berdasar dari berbagai jenis kelas
kata; noun, adjective, adverb, and more.

I heard that you had gone on a

I’d be long journey from Perth to
delighted to! Calcutta.Can you tell me the story?
Examples of Collocations Formula
Adjective + Noun Noun + Verb
Excruciating pain, a great achievement Lions roar bukan lion shout

Adverb (-ly) + Adjective Verb + Noun

Completely satisfied, terribly exhausted Commit Suicide bukan do suicide

Noun + Noun Verb + Adverb

A slice of cake, a pile of laundry Wave frantically bukan wave feverishly

Verb + Expression with Preposition

Burst into tears, bukan blow up into tears
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IMPORTANT POINTS
Here are some tips for you…

01 02 03
Collocation’s Learn the collocations! Learn and remember
everywhere Just because you know
the words, doesn’t mean You can use your
You need to pay dictionary too
attention you know the
collocations (preferably monolingual).

04 05 06
Use the collocations
Create full sentences
Always remember!
Do not just write a list, Write a short text and
try to use as many The individual words
but create a meaningful might not be new, but
sentence to you. collocations as you like.
the combination is.
EXERCISES
Number 1
Mirza explained this was different … the capital
inflows that occurred last year.
A. from
B. with
C. to
D. as

Number 2
In 2018, Indonesian liquidity indicators were
A B
under pressure, going lower as compared to
C D
2017.
 Number 3
Property developers are focusing on building
A
apartments costing less than Rp 1 billion (US$
B
70,042) in order to expand their markets.
C D

Number 4
In Islam, woman is not obliged to spend her own
money … her husband or family. (TKD 2019)
A. at
B. on
C. to
D. by The money she spends on macbook
is very huge in amount.
 Number 5

For land animals, conservation biologists focus on

A B
population size and geographic range in assessing
C
extinction threat.
D
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